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Didn't one couple take their two children with them, they had to be sent back to the States, why on earth would someone take children with them on these so called missions .
Don't understand why people go to paces like North Korea for a vacation either,what wrong with Florida?
These two people are coming home isolated, that's great. Again, I'm not worried about them. However, what about the people like Mr Sawyer? He got on a plane in Liberia, flew to Nigeria and was supposed to catch a flight to the states. He was to ill to catch the connecting flight and the poor guy died. My question or concern is - what if he had been on a direct flight from Liberia to the US? The airlines wouldn't know what killed him (well, they might now) and the plane might not be properly cleaned. Would they know to use bleach, think of all the stuff the man touched. And, what if the passengers left not knowing they were exposed. Mr Sawyer wasn't so sick that he couldn't stagger onto his first flight, we are lucky it wasn't a nonstop.
Last night I saw some random lady interviewed who said she was okay with this given that the CDC is involved. Really? So whatever the CDC does is a-okay no matter what? Particularly given this administration's track record on various things.
1 person flies in to a very safe and quarantined hospital, vs sending 100 into unsanitary conditions, with a VASTLY higher chance of getting it?
Uhmmmm no.
This virus is not as contagious as people seem to think it is.
If it's not very contagious, then how did these two get it when obviously taking all kinds of precautions?
I didn't literally mean 100 doctors should be sent over there to treat them - but 15 or 20 may be appropriate. Have them take all the precautions they are taking at Emory (to the extent possible). If anyone who travels over there to help them shows symptoms, have them stay until their symptoms are gone.
It's not rocket science - keep the US free of people with this disease.
These two people are coming home isolated, that's great. Again, I'm not worried about them. However, what about the people like Mr Sawyer? He got on a plane in Liberia, flew to Nigeria and was supposed to catch a flight to the states. He was to ill to catch the connecting flight and the poor guy died. My question or concern is - what if he had been on a direct flight from Liberia to the US? The airlines wouldn't know what killed him (well, they might now) and the plane might not be properly cleaned. Would they know to use bleach, think of all the stuff the man touched. And, what if the passengers left not knowing they were exposed. Mr Sawyer wasn't so sick that he couldn't stagger onto his first flight, we are lucky it wasn't a nonstop.
It's really quite simple to see the threat. There are a lot of ostriches on this thread.
These two people are coming home isolated, that's great. Again, I'm not worried about them. However, what about the people like Mr Sawyer? He got on a plane in Liberia, flew to Nigeria and was supposed to catch a flight to the states. He was to ill to catch the connecting flight and the poor guy died. My question or concern is - what if he had been on a direct flight from Liberia to the US? The airlines wouldn't know what killed him (well, they might now) and the plane might not be properly cleaned. Would they know to use bleach, think of all the stuff the man touched. And, what if the passengers left not knowing they were exposed. Mr Sawyer wasn't so sick that he couldn't stagger onto his first flight, we are lucky it wasn't a nonstop.
Mr. Sawyer had tended to his sick sister in Liberia. They thought, at the time, it was it Malaria. It is not clear if Mr. Sawyer knew his sister died of Ebola on 7/7. He became seriously ill during a flight on 7/20. He was tested for Malaria and HIV and denied he had contact with anyone with Ebola. Given he had traveled from Liberia, the hospital tested him for Ebola and it was positive. Reportedly, one of the symptoms of Ebola is acute psychosis. Mr. Sawyer continued to deny Ebola and at some point, pulled out his tubes and urinated on the people around him. He died on 7/25.Everyone who had contact with him was put into isolation.
Most flights from Africa to the US are routed through Europe.
What if they wanted to spread the virus? That ever cross your mind?
Oh, for the love of... Think!
Assume we have 100 a-holes willing to suffer death-by-bleeding-out-from-every-orifice, and assume they all manage to get inside the US borders. Remember, the way Ebola works, they will only be able infect anyone in the phase where they're symptomatic. Whoever they manage to infect in the short phase between symptom onset and incapacitation will not be part of the martyr brigade, will seek medical help instead of trying to infect as many as possible, and so the infection vectors will be blocked in short order. Ebola is just not a very good biological agent.
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